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A Poem by JR
Like death
flesh
laid like
dust until
touch like
brush against
almost dead
skin like a
brush
like
the blush
red re..
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A Poem by JR
She was gray like her eyes like that one night likea dove she wasgrayand she slipped
in and out like breath she was
gray she is Beautiful in my ..
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A Poem by JR
The virus hangs like fog off that Salt Sea
and they ride the spike like they ride that
yellow dash, crossing it over and over they
laugh they..
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A Poem by JR
This world a
maelstrom,
this world the
wind that blows
or rain that falls
from a sky
heavy
with disapproval
to puddle at ..
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A Poem by JR
What is want but
a bone of contention,
what is lust
but the salt of the sea
what is this
lonely connection between
the thud of de..
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A Poem by JR
Like any ghost once
this owned bones, it drank
it laughed, it danced, sang
and moaned like all
things it grew weary of
its body,
li..
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A Poem by JR
I feel small now
where yesterday
I felt I walked
much taller, cast
a much wider shadow
but today, today
I realize I’m small
..
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A Poem by JR
For EEC, forever may he sleepWo
man she wor
ks her way in get
s under your sk
in like Cum
ings implied spi
ed at your word
s like..
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A Poem by JR
Jim I once so badly wanted to be you
I wore your clothes and I tried to throat
your rasp and couldn’t ever quite make it
the same, you,..
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A Poem by JR
The last time I remember being with him while he
was in his right mind we were driving his beat pickup
into town for supplies and he still cal..
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